Donne's father died suddenly in 1576, and left the three children to be raised by their mother, Elizabeth, the daughter of John Heywood, epigrammatist, and a relative of Sir Thomas More. 多恩的父亲在1576年猝亡,留给他的母亲三个孩子抚养。他的母亲是讽刺诗人约翰·海伍德的女儿,也是托马斯·摩尔的亲戚。
An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. Derived from the Greek:ἐπίγραμμαepigramma "inscription" from ἐπιγράφειν epigraphein "to write on, to inscribe", this literary device has been employed for over two millennia.